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Green Handshakes - Taxable income in Australia
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was doing some research on the taxable status of money being gifted to co’s and travelling missionaries and was surprised with what i found.

i had assumed that it was not taxable income in australia.. it is taxable income in australia and it‘s likely that the same rules apply in some other countries.. a registered religious institution only receives tax free status on donations because they have been endorsed by the australian tax office.

travelling overseas and missionaries are not in this category.. there’s a tax ruling that goes into great detail.
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God’s wisdom in allowing bearded JWs July 25 Watchtower
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the july 2025 watchtower has a paragraph that claims that it was the superior power and wisdom of jehovah that guided the gb into allowing jws to grow beards.. the study article is ‘can you still learn from basic bible teachings?’ under the subheading ‘jehovah is the creator’ paragraph 7 states-.

“ 7. what did rahela do to accept a change in direction?.

your answer.
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Explanation for changes to Disfellowshipping rules at Annual Meeting
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2. beliefs
wally, a youtuber from jw thoughts highlighted something that was said by kenneth cook jnr in the annual meeting.

he thinks it may be removed before they publish the agm.

i doubt we would see it in writing either.. part of kenneth's talk was about the changes regarding disfellowshipping and the clip from jw thoughts youtube shows him saying -.
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2024 Annual Meeting Doctrinal Change
by Listener in
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2. beliefs
a change to their doctrine came from jackson.

this isn't a transcript of his whole speech but i thought i would try and get some of his main speech in writing.. at around 1hr26 minutes he starts talking about some dangerous thinking in feeling there is some wiggle room in regards to the schedule for the gt.

but you see, we need to be careful about what we are thinking about the number of anointed ones left on earth.
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Memorial of Jesus' death
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2. beliefs
i was listening to a youtube where a pastor relates his experience of attending a jw memorial.

he said something that was profound to me.. "how do you have a memorial for someone alive?".

they use this phrase all the time, even printing thousands and thousands of invitations to invite everyone to join them in doing this.. i googled that phrase to see what other christian church's use this phrase and was astounded to see that at least the first two pages of results are in relation to jw's only..
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Do you recognize the Truth? Watchtower July, 2024
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the stated focus of this study article is.

focustraining ourselves to discern the difference between the truth we have learned from jehovah and the falsehoods promoted by satan and our opposers.. of course, the article goes on to claim that the truth is not only in the bible, but also from the watchtower organization.

the first of two qualities needed to discern truth is -.
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Watchtower May 2024 Who is being referred to as 'we'?
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is the magazine that presents some of the 'new light' from the oct. 2023 annual meeting.

it discusses some of the things they have now decided they don't know and revised some of the things they do know, or think they know.

when they start discussing some of the things they do know, most of them are still guesses and they use qualifiers.
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Beards are now allowed - New Light
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lett has announced in the latest video update that jehovah has dignified the brothers by now letting them to choose for themselves whether they want to have a beard or not -.

https://www.jw.org/en/news/region/global/2023-governing-body-update-8/.

this applies worldwide and to all brothers in any position..
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"...The Most Important Day of the Year" Watchtower January,2024
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2. bible
what a mockery that statement is to over 99% of their followers.

there is nothing biblically that makes the jw memorial day important to anyone that does not partake.

they still continue to say .
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No Blood Policy and some repercussions
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
thank you atlantis for the emails that you send out to so many of us.

in one email that i received dated 21st october was a jw document title "information for patients requiring chemotherapy or surgery".

the organization never ceases to shock and i was disgusted with the information included in this document because it leads to their followers not getting the best medical care, not just because of their no blood policy but because of the other repercussions which they highlight in this information guide.. they begin by stating they are not giving medical advice, just information to help individuals make their own decisions.. point 7 states.